Tarquin's Cornish Pastis 35cl

£23.50

35cl

42% ABV

A contemporary Cornish take on the French aniseed classic. Tarquin’s Cornish Pastis is the first ever to be made in the UK, and the first Pastis to ever win “Double Gold” at the San Francisco World Spirits Awards. Foraged gorse flowers from the Atlantic clifftops and fresh orange zest help to deliver its fresh, invigorating and unique aroma. Zero added sugar. Tarquin’s bold celebration of unique craft distilling. 35cl - 42% ABV.

Tasting notes:
Candied black liquorice, fresh orange zest and freshly picked garden herbs on the nose. Gentle cracked black pepper spice, fresh fennel and fragrant orange blossom on the palate. Very full bodied with creamy texture. Extremely long finish, but with a dryness to it. Lingering herbal complexity, citrus freshness and gentle sweet spice.

Pairs perfectly with:
A dash of water or cloudy apple juice.

Vegan friendly. All orders delivered in plastic free packaging.

Tasting Notes

A contemporary Cornish take on the French aniseed classic.

Nose

Candied black liquorice & aniseed, fresh orange zest, gentle black pepper spice

Taste

Clean, fresh green fennel & liquorice sweetness, fragrant orange blossom, herbal complexity

Finish

Very full bodied with creamy texture, citrus freshness with gentle warm spice & natural sweetness

Our cocktails

Our Process

As a fully-independent, family-run business, we at Southwestern Distillery like to celebrate the fact that we do things a little bit differently.

To create our Tarquin’s Cornish Pastis, 12 of the botanicals are added to our stills (with the exception of the gorse flowers) and left to macerate overnight in a wheat based neutral grain spirit. In the morning Tarquin’s simply adds the gorse flowers, to complete the botanical recipe, and then it’s time to fire up the stills. As the stills heat up Tarquin is constantly monitoring the process, nosing and tasting as the distilled spirit as it comes off the still at different temperatures. We collect only the purest ‘heart of the distillation’, collecting and setting aside the ‘heads’ and ‘tails’ cuts (the first and last parts of the distillation) that don’t make the most selective taste and texture grade.
Post distillation, this ‘hearts cut’ (around 76% abv neat Pastis) is cut with de-mineralized Cornish spring water to bring it down to the desired 42% abv. Then Tarquin adds extra liquorice root and fresh orange peel to bring some colour and beautiful freshness to the final spirit. Every single bottle is given batch tasting notes then individually filled, labelled, dipped into a slow-cooker filled with paraffin wax and hand-stamped with our Puffin logo. We truly believe in the value of maximising the human-touch at every stage of the process.

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